Special Web Sites Of Interest To Kids

• Other Government Sites For Kids
• Other Disaster Sites Of Special Interest To Kids
• Sites Of Our Partners
• Other Sites Of Interest

Other Government Sites For Kids:

• Government Sites For Kids
  GovSpot, the government information portal of the Web, highlights and reviews Government sites for kids.
  
  
• NIEHS Kids' Pages
  Play some fun games at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
  
  
• Safety Whistle
  The Safety Whistle has helped saved lives. Learn more about this really loud whistle you can buy for personal protection.
  
  
• United States Patent And Trademark Office Kids Pages
  Want to be an inventor? Come to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Kids' Pages. How do I invent things? Who can I share with?
  
  
• Freevibe.com
  Be a drug-free kid. Get the skinny on taking drugs. What are the facts? What's just hype? How can I say no?
  
  
• National Severe Storms Laboratory
  The National Severe Storms Laboratory. This is the place to go for information about all aspects of severe weather.
  
  
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  The place to go for news about space, Mars and all kinds of out-of-this world stuff.
  
  
• Nasa Human Space Flight
  This NASA site focuses on real-time launches of the shuttle.
  
  
• White House Kids Site
  Visit the President's house, meet his cat and his family and learn about the history of the white building at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
  
  
• USFA's Kids Pages
  This site of the U.S. Fire Administration has plenty of tips to help keep everyone safe from fire.
  
  
• U.S. Treasury For Kids
  Interested in money? This is the place to go to learn how its made.

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Other Disaster Sites Of Special Interest To Kids:

• PSIgate Physical Sciences Information Gateway
  
  
• Risk Watch: Natural Disasters
  
  
• Web Weather For Kids
  Web Weather for Kids. Compete against a weather forecaster.
  
  
• Weather: What Forces Affect Our Weather?
  A website about the causes of weather and its impact on our environment.
  
  
• Kids' Lightning Information And Safety
  A website about lightning safety created by kids for kids.
  
  
• City Of Gresham Fire And Emergency Services Kids Stuff
  A site created by the Oregon Fire and Emergency Services just for kids!
  
  
• Tornadoes Going Around In Circles
  A comprehensive site about tornados supported in part by the National Science Foundation
  
  
• National Hurricane Center
  More about hurricanes
  
  
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  This is the main FEMA site, with search engines and more information for older students
  
  
• U.S. Fire Administration
  This is the main site of the U.S. Fire Administration and has more information for older students
  
  
• Storm Warning Center
  More information about hurricanes
  
  
• The Weather Catalog
  Documenting the Fury of Nature

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Sites Of Our Partners:

• Ligon Homepage
  This is the site of the North Carolina Department of Education and Ligon Middle School in Raleigh, North Carolina. Artwork from the students in Raleigh can be found in Disaster Connection.
  
  
• MidLink Magazine
  This site is edited by Ligon students as a special project, and constructed by kids in schools all over the world.

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Other Sites Of Interest:

• Girl Power!
  Girl Power! seeks to reinforce and sustain these positive values among girls ages 9-14 by targeting health messages to the unique needs, interests, and challenges of girls.
  
  
• P-I News for Kids
  From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
  
  
• Saluki Search
  The family-friendly search engine.
  
  
• Surfing The Net With Kids
  "Surfing the Net with Kids" ferrets out the best of the online world for kids, parents and teachers.
  
  
• San Francisco Exploratorium
  San Francisco Exploratorium's new site to mark the tenth anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake.
  
  
• ScienceMaster - The Science and Technology Network
  ScienceMaster.com is a science and education portal for students, parents and teachers that provides resources, news and information, links, columns, learning galleries. Focusing on K-12 it is easy to use, easy to navigate, clear and concise information in all the major areas of science. This site has a full section on weather, lightning, electrical storms and related matters as well as information on earthquakes, volcanos and tidal waves.
  
  
• Sparky the Fire Dog Celebrates First Anniversary
  Sparky the official mascot of the nonprofit National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA), made his Internet debut in September 1998 as host of an interactive website designed to teach kids and their families about safety.

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Do you want to be a partner with FEMA? Do you know a good WEB site that is about government or disasters that other kids should know about? Let us know!